Update on Thursday’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’

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J Maxwell, the Capital Region contestant on “Hell’s Kitchen,” fared his worst thus far this season on Thursday night’s episode, but he skated past possible nomination for elimination despite having served a customer the core, or butt, of a head of romaine lettuce in a Caesar salad. Series star Gordon Ramsay even called out Maxwell for the error, labelling him a “butthead.”

But, as in past weeks, Maxwell survived the episode by not causing much drama and otherwise not calling attention to himself. Ultimately, Maxwell’s nemesis, the Forrest Gumpish Seth, was eliminated. Rather than being relieved, however, Maxwell’s team, previously composed solely of men, was at the end of the episode saddled with the season’s worst female competitor. A banquet chef named Lacey joined the men’s team when Ramsay made her switch to balance the numbers.

Maxwell and his opponents continue their battle for a $250,000 job running one of Ramsay’s restaurants next Thursday at 9 p.m. on Fox.

There are three or four that could go straight away – even in a recent interview Gordon Ramsay said that their is always five or six left that could win, the first weeks are just getting rid of the deadwood

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